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Newspaper
Bridgetown Advocate
Location
Bridgetown, Western Australia, Australia
Date
Jul 22, 1948
Page
13
GENERAL Wang Yao wu of Shantung bans matrimony for his troops and families amid war in Tsiwan to prevent spies and endangered lives. US fliers report wives and concubines in uniforms aiding soldiers. A 23 year old fiancée laments military marriage drains a fighter’s focus.
Mary Lenane a Sydney telephonist will guide and guard more than 1000 head of cattle on a 400 mile 10 week droving trip from Blackall Queensland to Bourke NSW. She will sleep outdoors and take night shifts with other drovers including aborigines. Lenane has ridden and written stories and plans to use the journey for novel material.
VictorIan track greyhound Puts On Dog Air Lord becomes the first dog named endowment member of the Royal Melbourne Hospital Birthday League. Owner Mr A James receives £25 donated to the League.
In Cleveland a pigeon named William 5 bred by Wellman's family competed in a 100-mile race and finished last, nine years after its entry. The event highlights long life and unpredictable results in avian racing.
Judge Charles Sinkler rules that a woman cannot bear children after age 75 based on scientific proof, ending a long trust dispute. The $100000 trust from Harriet Benson will now be divided among Mrs Florence Vollrath's four children, as the youngest is 42 and no more potential heirs remain.
Attractive 39 year old Eileen Boyer of Malone New York State earned a reputation as the best woman in the North Country by buying a car yearly and costly items. She worked as a bank teller for People's Trust Co and last week was sentenced to between four and three years in gaol for stealing thirty four thousand two hundred pounds from the trust.
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